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AV and the leadership conundrum
What referendum voting tells us about Nick Griffin, Nigel Farage, Alex Salmond and Ed Miliband.
"What is the point of the Liberal Democrats?"
They have sacrificed their distinctive beliefs and principles and received little in return.
The great gerrymander
Tories continue to find new and ingenious ways to rig the electoral system in their favour.
How 10 million UK voters could be lost
Reform to voter registration could have a far more wide-ranging effect than the boundary changes.
“No We Can”: the inside story of the No to AV campaign
No to AV scored a commanding win on 5 May, yet its early days were a muddle of partisan chaos. Dan Hodges reveals how the campaign team was built and tells the inside story of that scandalous poster.
Why AV does not give some people “two votes”
What John Humphrys should have told David Cameron this morning.
No to AV campaign heading for victory, new poll shows
A New Statesman/ICD poll on the Alternative Vote referendum puts the No campaign 14 points ahead.
“Vote Yes to damage Cameron”. A winning message?
Peter Mandelson and Alan Johnson urge Labour supporters to vote Yes to AV to hurt David Cameron.
Clegg’s attack on Labour marrs Yes to AV speech
The Lib Dem leader is alienating the voters Yes to AV needs to win over.
Put vendetta aside and vote Yes to AV
Petty revenge politics does nothing but reduce us to the level of Westminster.
Full transcript | Nick Clegg | Speech in favour of AV | London| 21April 2011
"Politicians will have to work harder for your vote instead of taking you for granted."
Why a Yes vote depends on Labour voters
The party’s voters are split exactly 50:50 on whether to back the Alternative Vote.
Leader: Imperfect it may be, but AV is the start of an essential journey
It may not be a proportional system but AV would represent a significant improvement on first-past-the-post.
The Tory plan to sabotage a Yes vote
Conservative MPs could block AV by delaying the coalition’s boundary changes.
Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech against AV | Hampshire | 18 April 2011
"AV would be wrong for Britain."
What Churchill really thought about first-past-the-post
The words that Cameron and John Reid ignored today.
Miliband, Cable and Johnson make the case for AV
"Special guest" Alan Johnson joins the charge against first-past-the-post.
Facebook’s $1.6bn woman
A witch-hunt?
Osborne's woes
Marr's monarchism
The interview
On Syria
The interview
GOP race so far
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